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terminal
Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
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adjective
Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
“Freight pickup is a terminal service”
adjective
Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
“Terminal examinations”
adjective
Being or situated at an end
“The endmost pillar”
adjective
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
“His concluding words came as a surprise”
adjective
Causing or ending in or approaching death
“A terminal patient”
noun
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
noun
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
noun
Either extremity of something that has length
“The end of the pier”
noun
Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
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Freight pickup is a terminal service
Terminal charges
Terminal examinations
Terminal payments
The endmost pillar
Terminal buds on a branch
A terminal station
The terminal syllable
His concluding words came as a surprise
The final chapter
The last days of the dinosaurs
Terminal leave
A terminal patient
Terminal cancer
The end of the pier
She knotted the end of the thread
They rode to the end of the line
The terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
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